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Portland, ME

69,572 Population
21.5 square miles 3,229.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.9 ±0.2

Economics

$52,916 ±$4,264 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $54,492 ±$1,857
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $45,286 ±$929
$82,059 ±$6,425 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $93,062 ±$2,016
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maine: $76,442 ±$1,354

11.6% ±3.3% (7,900  ±2,218) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 7.6% † 42,642 (±1% / ±5,297)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 10.6% 144,428 (±0.6% / ±7,531)

19.4 minutes ±0.7 (580,865  ±31,737) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 25.1 6,021,415 (±0.4 / ±120,275)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)

Families

35,048 ±1,703 Number of households
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 248,586 ±4,011
  • Maine: 615,235 ±5,086
1.9 ±0.1 (67,712  ±192) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 2.2 557,889 (±0 / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 2.2 1,362,395

3.3% ±2.4% (698  ±516) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 3.8% † 4,703 (±1% / ±1,221)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 3.8% † 11,443 (±0.7% / ±2,009)

Housing

39,175 ±1,950 Number of housing units
  • the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 294,137 ±197
  • Maine: 764,713 ±115

$555,100 ±$47,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: $474,200 ±$8,483
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maine: $341,900 ±$4,987

15.8% ±3.2% (10,876  ±2,193.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 10.6% † 60,256 (±1.1% / ±6,356.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 10.3% 143,294 (±0.7% / ±9,144.5)

Social

94.7% ±6.2% (51,877  ±4,026.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 96.1% 412,587 (±2.4% / ±10,449.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 994,955 (±1.4% / ±15,133.8)
60.9% ±5.1% (33,331  ±3,092.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 48.1% 206,351 (±1.7% / ±7,286.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maine: 37.1% 389,612 (±1% / ±10,059.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.9% ±3.4% (8,959  ±2,367) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 6% 34,301
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.7% 65,815

3.3% ±1.1% (1,989  ±684) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area: 6.5% 30,413 (±0.6% / ±2,695)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 7.6% 87,817 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
1,989 Total veterans ±684 1,603 Male ±622 386 Female ±285

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